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california and illinois now have democratic super-majorities in both chambers. democrats flipped both chambers in maine. republicans lost their super majorities in arizona, and democrats claimed new majorities and statehouses in colorado, minnesota and new hampshire. americans stood up for progress, and that's what elections are all about. >> that's why we do this. that's what politics can be. that's why elections matter. it's not small, it's big. >> this election was big. it signaled that the reagan view of government and politics is fading into the past. we are more diverse, hopeful nation, and viewers voted that way on tuesday. >>> joining me now is richard wolffe, vice president and executive editor of msnbc.com, and alicia menendez, host and producer of huff post live. thank you both for being here. >> let any go to you, do you agree that republicans' loss tuesday went way beyond? >> yes, they lost on the positioning, the branding of the party f and, you know, you can look at it state by state, look at it issue by issue, but the biggest to me, just if you l
california and illinois now have democratic super-majorities in both chambers. democrats flipped both chambers in maine. republicans lost their super majorities in arizona, and democrats claimed new majorities and statehouses in colorado, minnesota and new hampshire. americans stood up for progress, and that's what elections are all about. >> that's why we do this. that's what politics can be. that's why elections matter. it's not small, it's big. >> this election was big. it...
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california is not in play. but the truth is, it does shift and so the different states rise up in different elections and become the focus of elections. it really does make it an election where the whole country has to be paid attention to. >> only two democrats have reached 50% of the vote in ohio since 1940. ohio xem plies the paradox of how this is unfolding. 32% among noncollege white men and women nationally in our abc tracking poll through the whole run. in ohio he's ten points better among both of those groups. >> the bain story, the bain story has a culture and emotion emotional resonance in the midwest. ohio, the idea of the rich guy coming to town, shutting down a manufacturing, just resonates. it detonates. >> george, that early spending in ohio on bain. >> if it works, mr. obama will have a mandate not to be bain capital. but, there's another side of this, also, mitt romney may have been the guy that shut down some plants. barack obama came to town and tried to shut down the coal industry. ohio, pen
california is not in play. but the truth is, it does shift and so the different states rise up in different elections and become the focus of elections. it really does make it an election where the whole country has to be paid attention to. >> only two democrats have reached 50% of the vote in ohio since 1940. ohio xem plies the paradox of how this is unfolding. 32% among noncollege white men and women nationally in our abc tracking poll through the whole run. in ohio he's ten points...
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and the greet christine pelosi, chair of the california democratic party women's caucus. welcome back inside "the war room" to both of you. >> thank you. >> great to be back. >> jennifer: keli let me start with you? are women more excited to see the extremists defeated or to see so many women win? >> that's a tough one, but i would have to say, there seemed d b aotot of c cerergoioi on whenever i would hear a mourdock or akin went down. and those weren't just from women, there were a lot of embarrassed guys that were happy. >> jennifer: there are a lot of moderate men who really are embarrassed. christine obviously last night was a great, great night for democrats, and it was because women and people of color provided a great firewall for the president. and that is only going to continue to grow right? >> absolutely. when you look at how the president won, it's president obama and democrats embracing demography as destiny. everybody saw the numbers, but the republican primary stayed pretty much pail, stale, and male. and sitting at the able to at the leadership table, mak
and the greet christine pelosi, chair of the california democratic party women's caucus. welcome back inside "the war room" to both of you. >> thank you. >> great to be back. >> jennifer: keli let me start with you? are women more excited to see the extremists defeated or to see so many women win? >> that's a tough one, but i would have to say, there seemed d b aotot of c cerergoioi on whenever i would hear a mourdock or akin went down. and those weren't just...
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and that -- in california, it never matters if there are billionaires money doesn't matter in california elections but in national elections it always has. the traditional wisdom has now been bucked by this particular election. >> eliot: right. i think of the national spending patterns as well. you saw the sheldon adelsons. it is not clear to me all of his money, he backed a sequence of losers. somebody ed he was 0-9, all of the money simply bounced off of voter's consciousness. what will those funders say next time? >> you would have to ask sheldon adelson what he thought? i did meet some of these characters at some of the conventions. had a nice long talk with foster friess but what i think they're getting is somebody to listen to them, a place to put their money where their mouth is and where their values are. they may value that more than winning any particular race. >> eliot: even a consultant whom i rarely -- business models, go instead of giving it directly to a political campaign, build a grassroots organization. do something that will mobilize voters. >> koch brothers essentiall
and that -- in california, it never matters if there are billionaires money doesn't matter in california elections but in national elections it always has. the traditional wisdom has now been bucked by this particular election. >> eliot: right. i think of the national spending patterns as well. you saw the sheldon adelsons. it is not clear to me all of his money, he backed a sequence of losers. somebody ed he was 0-9, all of the money simply bounced off of voter's consciousness. what will...
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in california when they proposed prop 37, that specific proposal at 66.9% support. gigantic, clearly going to pass, right? not exactly. the food huge companies came in and spent a ton of money. >> farmers faced a devastating drought causing higher food prices now california farmers are faced by a complex food labeling proposition that would increase costs to consumers by billions of dollars. >> it's going to put the california farmer at a disadvantage with the other 49 states. the people that are least able to pay are going to be forced to pay more. >> please join california formers in voting no on prop 37. >> bill: that was all nonsense. but it didn't have to be true. you bring in a farm he, say oh, my god it's going to cost so much more, they ran millions of dollars of ads and that huge lead for prop 37 goes away and it loses 53% to 47%. it lost, you see the lead that it had. how did it lose? look at the amount of money that was spent on both sides. in favor $8.7 million, against $45.6 million. monsanto and dupont spent $15 million opposing this and they someone i
in california when they proposed prop 37, that specific proposal at 66.9% support. gigantic, clearly going to pass, right? not exactly. the food huge companies came in and spent a ton of money. >> farmers faced a devastating drought causing higher food prices now california farmers are faced by a complex food labeling proposition that would increase costs to consumers by billions of dollars. >> it's going to put the california farmer at a disadvantage with the other 49 states. the...
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court may consider whether to take on cases relating to marriage inequality including a challenge to california's proposition 8. the high court's rule follows election day victories in four states for same-sex marriages. activists are trying to keep up that momentum. they're going ahead, looking at seven more states they believe they can legalize the issue in by 2014. their effort also include ace powerful new tv ad from the human rights campaign. it is narrated by a familiar voice. this is oscar-winning actor morgan freeman. >> america stands at the dawn of a new day. freedom, justice and human dignity have always guided our journey toward a more perfect union. now across our country, we are standing together for the right of gay and lesbian americans to marry the person they love. >> joining me now, the hrc's d.c. president, chad griffin. chad, good morning to you, first of all. >> good morning. >> you told "the new york times" this video isn't meant to be interpreted as some sort of victory lap for lgbt rights, through there has to be a sense of achievement given recent electoral victories. >>
court may consider whether to take on cases relating to marriage inequality including a challenge to california's proposition 8. the high court's rule follows election day victories in four states for same-sex marriages. activists are trying to keep up that momentum. they're going ahead, looking at seven more states they believe they can legalize the issue in by 2014. their effort also include ace powerful new tv ad from the human rights campaign. it is narrated by a familiar voice. this is...
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so many issues i've been advocating for the two-tame mayor of san francisco now liting governor of california starting to take shape all across the country. tuesday's elections with a huge yes to women's issues, gay rights, drug reform, and seriously address the issue of climate change. tonight we'll talk about next steps. we can't afford to lean back and celebrate our wins. we need to continue to move forward, leaning forward. let's explore what needs to be don't on it. our guests will include chris lehans aide to al gore and political consultant. an then legendary willie brown with key measures that move the vote. and now that the onslaught of the elections is finally oh over let's get the back story of why jeff goodby does in the like politics. but first we have chris lehans. the elections were predictable but in some respects unpredictable. there were gains in women in the senate, the drug challenge and gay marriage in ways we haven't seen in the past. a when is your sense on this election in history. >> i think people will look back at this election as a tipping point in the country. wha
so many issues i've been advocating for the two-tame mayor of san francisco now liting governor of california starting to take shape all across the country. tuesday's elections with a huge yes to women's issues, gay rights, drug reform, and seriously address the issue of climate change. tonight we'll talk about next steps. we can't afford to lean back and celebrate our wins. we need to continue to move forward, leaning forward. let's explore what needs to be don't on it. our guests will include...
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chairman being asked on the floor what it felt like to be the new chief of staff to the governor of california. that was one where no one told him. we knew -- we were looking at returns coming in over the computer, and we saw it dwindling away. he wasn't up. i was the one who had to tell him because the top guys -- >> we put an absentee ballot program in effect in california in 1982 and we won the absentee ballots. he won election day but we had enough absentee ballots. >> that was the first time the absentee ballot gambit had been played and one. they came in and said why don't you go over the numbers with the mayor. megyn: do you bottom line it to the man saying you have lost? or do you just say -- >> i say there is going to be 100,000 votes coming in from orange county in a few minutes and when it does we'll go behind and i don't see a place where we can make it up. and you just don't have -- megyn: they work so hard no matter how want to win. they both work so hard. they have so many people who worked for them. god bless american democracy. this is the way it works. about it must be hard t
chairman being asked on the floor what it felt like to be the new chief of staff to the governor of california. that was one where no one told him. we knew -- we were looking at returns coming in over the computer, and we saw it dwindling away. he wasn't up. i was the one who had to tell him because the top guys -- >> we put an absentee ballot program in effect in california in 1982 and we won the absentee ballots. he won election day but we had enough absentee ballots. >> that was...
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. >> joining me now, robert reich and professor at the university of california. $325 million wasted. there is actually nothing on the scoreboard to show for it. karl rove says no, no it was a good thing. >> five minutes of revenue at the cacasinos. it is a waste. and the billionaires. but what i think they did do, they tilted the playing field and made it harder for barack obama and democrats like brown and elsewhere where they flooded with money. can you imagine what the final results might have been without that money if they didn't have to worry about an extra $20 million he would have had a greater win in ohio? i think the president might have picked up an extra point or two with the negative adds like groups like karl rove ran. barack obama was able to raise a lot of money. mitt romney couldn't do that. so the playing field should have been this way but that money go it closer to even. so they came through. >> the democrats won, they won more seats in the senate and in the house. does it matter how much their winning percentage was? >> of course it does matter. it is going to be
. >> joining me now, robert reich and professor at the university of california. $325 million wasted. there is actually nothing on the scoreboard to show for it. karl rove says no, no it was a good thing. >> five minutes of revenue at the cacasinos. it is a waste. and the billionaires. but what i think they did do, they tilted the playing field and made it harder for barack obama and democrats like brown and elsewhere where they flooded with money. can you imagine what the final...
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montana to over half of the simpsons of massachusetts are going to vote on it and entire county in california and we just got started i'm telling you the american people are not taking this line. down we are building a genuine social movement and i don't care whether somebody is what party they're in i don't care where ideology is folks agree with us it moved to them in that we need a functioning democratic republic we're only human beings have inherited a little constitutional rights and that we the people are sovereign then i encourage folks to get involved with us because no matter who wins the presidency and move term in our work will continue unabated we are going to have a constitution to make it clear only human beings have inherent in a legal constitutional rights money is not beach and they're poor not only federal congress but also state legislators and local david david we're going to have to end it there leave on david cobb thank you so much for joining us we really appreciate both of your opinions but we're going to have to move along now i love him or hate on vice president vice
montana to over half of the simpsons of massachusetts are going to vote on it and entire county in california and we just got started i'm telling you the american people are not taking this line. down we are building a genuine social movement and i don't care whether somebody is what party they're in i don't care where ideology is folks agree with us it moved to them in that we need a functioning democratic republic we're only human beings have inherited a little constitutional rights and that...
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one race in california, the brad sherman, howard berman race that was almost literally a bloodbath when sherman tried to challenge him to a fist fight. berman just beat him down at the polls. and then in the palm springs area the 33rd district lost to raul luis. if you think the latino vote-- vote----the macks they boast both lost races. >> cenk: let's look at the composition of the house real quick. right now the race that has been called. seven are still being decided it looks like the republicans held onto the house but they lost seats in the house which a lot of people are not talking about. >> no, that's true. today the silver lining for the republicans is that they did in fact, hole on to the house. john boehner just today was saying that people voted for status quo in the house of representatives. one of them is that we spent so much time about the citizens united, the amount of money put into the presidential race and the senate races and it made the biggest difference in the house. so much money spent on a local level where it's hard to combat that level for a lot of these chal
one race in california, the brad sherman, howard berman race that was almost literally a bloodbath when sherman tried to challenge him to a fist fight. berman just beat him down at the polls. and then in the palm springs area the 33rd district lost to raul luis. if you think the latino vote-- vote----the macks they boast both lost races. >> cenk: let's look at the composition of the house real quick. right now the race that has been called. seven are still being decided it looks like the...
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it's been fun. >> gavin: out here in california i'm very pleased we voted yes to a measure that will keep more jobs here in the state and we voted yes sir to amend our three strikes law and also yes to fund education. legendary willie brown joins me on his perspective on the next steps right after this quick break. (vo) answer in a moment. (vo) brought to you by courtyard. [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone is ready with the know-how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ ♪ [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> gavin: after more than four decades in politics, willie brown is still a force to be reckoned with, both here in califor
it's been fun. >> gavin: out here in california i'm very pleased we voted yes to a measure that will keep more jobs here in the state and we voted yes sir to amend our three strikes law and also yes to fund education. legendary willie brown joins me on his perspective on the next steps right after this quick break. (vo) answer in a moment. (vo) brought to you by courtyard. [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [...
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the california dream is over. >> the california dream is basically built on great public schools and colleges and universities. >> reporter: this is a tough sell, though, because you're asking people to voluntarily tax themselves. >> i've looked at the budget. i've cut $20 billion. if the people don't want to give the money, i can understand that. but we then can't spend what we don't have. >> reporter: brown's proposition 30 would increase the state's sales tax by a quarter percent and raise income tax rates on people making more than $250,000. >> vote yes on proposition 30. let's go! let's win. >> reporter: the current state budget assumes prop 30 will pass, so if it fails, $6 billion in education cuts automatically go into effect. that could shrink the school year by up to three weeks. >> reporter: some of your opponents believe that if this fails you will find a work-around. that you're not willing to cut education by $6 billion. >> if i could find it somewhere else, i would have found it. i don't do this because i have a lot of alternatives. it will be pretty drastic. >> reporte
the california dream is over. >> the california dream is basically built on great public schools and colleges and universities. >> reporter: this is a tough sell, though, because you're asking people to voluntarily tax themselves. >> i've looked at the budget. i've cut $20 billion. if the people don't want to give the money, i can understand that. but we then can't spend what we don't have. >> reporter: brown's proposition 30 would increase the state's sales tax by a...
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there are recent polls out of massachusetts, connecticut and california in the last 24 hours that shows obama losing nine to ten points even more than that in connecticut off of his 2008 performance and that would represent a pretty substantial decline that's greater than that elsewhere in the country. in terms of the hurricane it's hard to say. i'm not sure about what areas are affected. the atlantic coast of new jersey is not in a democratic area. staten island will vote for romney. suffolk county, new york is divided. i don't know how much turnout will fall on the city of new york. if i want does it would make a difference. >> democrats are contesting on the shore, there's talk maybe the republican areas hardest hit there. i want to ask you another thing about the battleground. i took a look this morning and it seems there's basically a fire wall here that obama has on tuesday that involves three states, ohio, wisconsin, and nevada. if romney won basically everything else that's up for grabs in not these three states he would be short of 270. he would have 267. if you look at the cle
there are recent polls out of massachusetts, connecticut and california in the last 24 hours that shows obama losing nine to ten points even more than that in connecticut off of his 2008 performance and that would represent a pretty substantial decline that's greater than that elsewhere in the country. in terms of the hurricane it's hard to say. i'm not sure about what areas are affected. the atlantic coast of new jersey is not in a democratic area. staten island will vote for romney. suffolk...
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in california here we deal with earthquakes. where i'm front in texas we dealt with tornadoes. people in florida deal with hurricanes. new york does not. to get federal help from experts who know how to deal with this issue instead of within the state who may not understand what they need to do. that's important. that's why we work together. >> we have a clip from the five. there has never been a point that well-made. >> look, when push comes to shove, to answer the question in what rome would do, romney would do, chris christie, i don't want federal money. i would punch them in the money before i take federal money. now after the storm, federal money, i'm begging you we need the federal money. >> if you go in surgery you get your toe chopped off and then you're somebody who hates malpractice lawyers. but what happens the doctor chops your toe off oh, i malpractice. when you need the federal government, it's there. >> i like cenk's chris christie choicevoice for the guy who gets his toe chopped off. >> it's like a self self-fulfilling prophecy. they have got to make it look bad
in california here we deal with earthquakes. where i'm front in texas we dealt with tornadoes. people in florida deal with hurricanes. new york does not. to get federal help from experts who know how to deal with this issue instead of within the state who may not understand what they need to do. that's important. that's why we work together. >> we have a clip from the five. there has never been a point that well-made. >> look, when push comes to shove, to answer the question in what...
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some will be rallies or flash moms there have been major actions in the past in areas like southern california where one store almost a third of the workforce went out on strike last month and we'll see numerous support from occupy activists from folks who a national organization of women relational consumer really from local labor groups what no one can really know until it happens and organizers say and i believe them they don't know exactly how many wal-mart retail workers are going to take that risk and come out on strike but i expect that we will see something dramatic larger then the already historic straits that we saw last month and the minute we have left josh what do you think is going to happen after black friday before. i don't think we should expect any kind of quick resolution wal-mart will continue to claim not to care based on history will continue to try to suppress workers' activism zz having talked to a lot of these worker leaders they're going to continue they're going to continue to fight so what will see is escalation the question is how do you escalate and i think part o
some will be rallies or flash moms there have been major actions in the past in areas like southern california where one store almost a third of the workforce went out on strike last month and we'll see numerous support from occupy activists from folks who a national organization of women relational consumer really from local labor groups what no one can really know until it happens and organizers say and i believe them they don't know exactly how many wal-mart retail workers are going to take...
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democrat patrick murphy further improving the democrats' performance on election day over the weekend in california two republican congressmen finally conceded their close races to democrats as well also democrats kept get a different seat in arizona and held on elsewhere around the country to pick up a handful of more seats in the house of representatives all together democrats picked up eight seats to narrow the republican majority heading into negotiations to resolve the so-called fiscal cliff so how do we the people keep pressure on newly empowered democrats in congress to you know act like democrats and protect the interests of working americans with this so-called fiscal cliff looming let's ask him governor is the national director of p.t.a. progressive democrats of america tim welcome tom thanks great to have you with us first of all let me. just. let's lay out progressive democrats of america p.d. america dot org inside outside game plain bean being the progressive force that is moving the democratic party i just like your refund the insurgency not the democratic party but to believe that w
democrat patrick murphy further improving the democrats' performance on election day over the weekend in california two republican congressmen finally conceded their close races to democrats as well also democrats kept get a different seat in arizona and held on elsewhere around the country to pick up a handful of more seats in the house of representatives all together democrats picked up eight seats to narrow the republican majority heading into negotiations to resolve the so-called fiscal...
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it wasn't 3 million fewer voters for romney very mccain, it was 1.3 but a million came from california which wasn't going to have an impact on the race. and obama is down from 2008. does it matter? but it's interesting. >> i thought the fascinating thing about it, sean, was that when you take the states obama carried that were not swing states, his vote share dropped by 2 points, 4 points. on the once that were swing states that he carried it dropped by almost the same, 2 points, 1 point. but 90% of the money was spent in the swing states. and we all, politicians, have to go back to the drawing board because basically, fundamentally the campaigns didn't matter. what mattered were the debates, the storm, the convention, benghazi, the jobs report, the unemployment rate, not those tv ads we all ran. >> there were two things i would improve upon if the republicans want to listen to me. i'm a register conservative. number one, i think it was a mistake not to be more aggressive in the third debate in particular. i don't know who came up with that idea but i said it at the time i thought that
it wasn't 3 million fewer voters for romney very mccain, it was 1.3 but a million came from california which wasn't going to have an impact on the race. and obama is down from 2008. does it matter? but it's interesting. >> i thought the fascinating thing about it, sean, was that when you take the states obama carried that were not swing states, his vote share dropped by 2 points, 4 points. on the once that were swing states that he carried it dropped by almost the same, 2 points, 1 point....
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california governor jerry brown went to the polls to vote near his house yesterday. unfortunately, the guy voting next to him brought his dogs, one of wish took a particular interest in the governor. [ laughter ] that dog is literally a brown noser. [ laughter ] it's the -- dogs get a lot of information from sniffing your -- equivalent of stalking someone on facebook. and one more thing. a lot of people seem to become very knowledgeable during an election year. all of a sudden, people who never pick up a newspaper suddenly become george stephanopoulos. if there's one thing i learned during this election, it's that a lot of people are completely full of it. we asked people over the last month, we asked people if they voted, we asked them that the day before the election. we asked them who won the debate, the day before the debate happened. we asked people if they saw the first lady debate, which is something that has never happened. [ laughter ] and each time, we found people who had strong opinions on these imaginary events. so, today, we decided to do it again. we w
california governor jerry brown went to the polls to vote near his house yesterday. unfortunately, the guy voting next to him brought his dogs, one of wish took a particular interest in the governor. [ laughter ] that dog is literally a brown noser. [ laughter ] it's the -- dogs get a lot of information from sniffing your -- equivalent of stalking someone on facebook. and one more thing. a lot of people seem to become very knowledgeable during an election year. all of a sudden, people who never...
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appreciate the call thank you very much and thanks for watching us there in ontario lewis in saratoga california on extension ninety seven lewis thank you very much for calling what's on your mind and i thought thanks for the great show and and the other person the substitute for you he does a great job. for the phone it was like talking to him what i'm calling about is something that. when i was raised with was money years ago we never talked about middle class we were a classless society and more and more we talk about us being middle class citizens we're mid income students and we're not what happens the classless society that we have i wish they'd just change them calling people middle class all the time well louis i prefer your perspective and you're raising the topic. my recollection is that middle class upper class lower class whatever those phrases have been around for for my lifetime which i'm guessing is probably at least as long as yours but. and i mean you know maybe we should use words like the proletariat or something but i think that this is what is common usage is the common vern
appreciate the call thank you very much and thanks for watching us there in ontario lewis in saratoga california on extension ninety seven lewis thank you very much for calling what's on your mind and i thought thanks for the great show and and the other person the substitute for you he does a great job. for the phone it was like talking to him what i'm calling about is something that. when i was raised with was money years ago we never talked about middle class we were a classless society and...
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they registered, and now they are a power in california, as they are in other states. you go out and you oppose the dream backact. -- opposed the dream act -- mitt romney saying people should self-deport, sell their house and go back to mexico? you cannot win latino votes when you make war against them. host: one supporting mitt romney in this election said they need to go after hispanic support in 2016. guest: i once thought that man you mentioned was one of the rising stars. when he left the party, i did not buy his reasons for doing so. i did not think republicans should write off the african americans at all. talking about improving this economy, and if they are willing to say medicare and social security are going to stay, they can certainly get african- american votes. to write them off, as suggested, i think would be a mistake. host: you can send us an email or join us on facebook or twitter. what surprised you about the election tuesday? guest: what surprised me was the obama victory. 5% of the people that are independent voters. i think it was a very decisive
they registered, and now they are a power in california, as they are in other states. you go out and you oppose the dream backact. -- opposed the dream act -- mitt romney saying people should self-deport, sell their house and go back to mexico? you cannot win latino votes when you make war against them. host: one supporting mitt romney in this election said they need to go after hispanic support in 2016. guest: i once thought that man you mentioned was one of the rising stars. when he left the...
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look at the voting still going on in california or alaska. >> speculation in 2000 it may have affected the outcome of the election because people in the western time zone. >> and 1980 when carter people felt that way. and it affected the house and senate races sometimes. >> jon: nobody seemed to be questioning george stephanopolous former spokesman for bill clinton, angering the coverage for abc. >> i think george stephanopolous has done a good job of transitioning a reporter role. karl has a side. he has a side. he is allowed to have a side. it's out in the open. >> jon: next on news watch, no longer an election issue. would the benghazi attack get any real media attention? >> it's too early to know exactly how this came about, what group was involved, but obviously it was an attack on americans. >> cbs releases a new clip adding more controversy on the deadly attacks in benghazi. was cbs and other media helping the white house spin a cover-up over the terror attacks? details next on news watch. bhap >>> live from america's news headquarters israel firing warning spots at neighboring
look at the voting still going on in california or alaska. >> speculation in 2000 it may have affected the outcome of the election because people in the western time zone. >> and 1980 when carter people felt that way. and it affected the house and senate races sometimes. >> jon: nobody seemed to be questioning george stephanopolous former spokesman for bill clinton, angering the coverage for abc. >> i think george stephanopolous has done a good job of transitioning a...
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look at the outcome of prop 30 in california. mr. president, you need to tell speaker boehner that the time for elliptical answers and vagueness is over. tell him if he wants to have a substantive conversation on fiscal negotiations, it's time for him to put his cards on the table face up. ask him to explain exactly which loopholes he would like to close. ask him to explain how those loopholes could be closed without designating the middle class. tell him the time for specifics mr. president, it's time to announce specifics. start with the capital gains rate. make it clear this is an essential part of any deal. capital gains should be taxed as ordinary income. there should be no difference. mr. president. it's time to be tough. that's [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? >> eliot: it was a break up letter read around the world. and it made one former wall street insider greg smith a 12-y
look at the outcome of prop 30 in california. mr. president, you need to tell speaker boehner that the time for elliptical answers and vagueness is over. tell him if he wants to have a substantive conversation on fiscal negotiations, it's time for him to put his cards on the table face up. ask him to explain exactly which loopholes he would like to close. ask him to explain how those loopholes could be closed without designating the middle class. tell him the time for specifics mr. president,...
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election and so these issues what does this mean for the country going forward to say something now in california. that didn't jerry brown's tax measure it actually was approved yeah anti-tax measures these these that i think that were i think that this was about this was a very good year for obama's get out the vote activities he was able to identify his voters and get them to the polls and i think the more of them that's the real and what that did was that helped a lot of other things there are a lot of ballots you had a lot of you have a lot of maybe his his coattails were reflected in these ballot initiatives also i think that there were a lot of people predisposed to vote for these things who got a ride to the polls by the obama campaign could this have anything to do with the fact that in the twenty five blue states that raised taxes and increased spending over the last three years we saw unemployment go down and g.d.p. go up good things and in the twenty four red states that cut taxes cut spending laid off people we saw unemployment go up g.d.p. go down the people are figuring out that thi
election and so these issues what does this mean for the country going forward to say something now in california. that didn't jerry brown's tax measure it actually was approved yeah anti-tax measures these these that i think that were i think that this was about this was a very good year for obama's get out the vote activities he was able to identify his voters and get them to the polls and i think the more of them that's the real and what that did was that helped a lot of other things there...
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california being 6.6 african-american. three strikes stands as a stark reminder of the unintended democracy. the stakes are just as high in the stakes around the country as history is poised to be made. voters have the chance to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana for use by adults. voters in maryland could be the first to endorse gay marriage by popular vote. voters seem poised to pass a proposition that would reform that same three strikes law. using direct democracy. joining us is sue, the director of policy and strategic politics at the state's network. adam, the founder and president of freedom to marry and bob herbert back at the table. sue, i want to start with you. there was an iconic moment in 2004, particularly with the anti-gay marriage ballot initiatives. it seemed like the right seized this particular tactic as their own and were using it. the other thing that strikes me is this initiatives passed in a bunch of states and taxpayer bill of rights passed in colorado. surveying as i was, it seems to me, maybe th
california being 6.6 african-american. three strikes stands as a stark reminder of the unintended democracy. the stakes are just as high in the stakes around the country as history is poised to be made. voters have the chance to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana for use by adults. voters in maryland could be the first to endorse gay marriage by popular vote. voters seem poised to pass a proposition that would reform that same three strikes law. using direct democracy. joining us is sue, the...
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if you look at the only thing, it was the marriage amendment in california. if you look at why it won, it was a crossover of hispanics and black pastors and joined the republicans. rather than look at hispanics and blacks from the standpoint of what we white people want to look at, why not ask them what they're -- they're interested in? wynola get their values and their cultural agenda and their priorities and address that? that is where there is great common ground and i do not understand why republicans seemingly are afraid of their own shadow and. when it comes to that. >> in the first national election, president obama embraced gay marriage. [inaudible] is this a losing issue going forward for conservatives? >> this is an issue that is free much under debate. you're right. there were four blue stage yesterday that approved gay marriage. most of them by very narrow margins. there were far less margins in the state legislatures in some of those states. would-be disaster is is if the obama administration had used the judiciary to oppose a solution on all 50
if you look at the only thing, it was the marriage amendment in california. if you look at why it won, it was a crossover of hispanics and black pastors and joined the republicans. rather than look at hispanics and blacks from the standpoint of what we white people want to look at, why not ask them what they're -- they're interested in? wynola get their values and their cultural agenda and their priorities and address that? that is where there is great common ground and i do not understand why...
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8 in california. we are extremely conservative. we also have to understand there's a big difference latinon the old na community of 20 or 30 years ago, the cesar chavez era, those in new york and those in the southwest since the u.s. to over parts of mexico, and then the new latino population that is 40% foreign-born, and the rest are children of immigrants, very conservative. when asked about the government they may give answers that are not extraordinary. sometimes we get tangled. we have seen this in this election cycle. on specific issues, if we had a better understanding on where they are coming from and a better understanding of why they're answering the questions that way. with the latino community i believe we lost the latino vote because of immigration. if we would've had a better position on immigration from the get go, from the primary, governor romney would been competitive and he would've been competitive in battleground states where the latino vote was decisive. finally, we have to stop
8 in california. we are extremely conservative. we also have to understand there's a big difference latinon the old na community of 20 or 30 years ago, the cesar chavez era, those in new york and those in the southwest since the u.s. to over parts of mexico, and then the new latino population that is 40% foreign-born, and the rest are children of immigrants, very conservative. when asked about the government they may give answers that are not extraordinary. sometimes we get tangled. we have...